Common, Proper and Collective Nouns

Grammer - Nouns

by Aarti Kalai Selvan

​Nouns are the names of people, animals, places and things. There are four types of nouns.

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• ​Common Nouns

• ​Proper Nouns

• ​Abstract Nouns

• ​Collective Nouns

​Common Nouns

​Common Nouns are the names that we give to people, animals, places and things.

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1. ​People - boy, father, girl, baby and mother.

2. ​Animals - butterfly, ladybird, caterpillar, cat, hen, bee, fish, dragonfly, frog and snail.

3. ​Places - beach, market, school, hospital, playground, airport, park and stadium.

4. ​Things - umbrella, bicycle, book, watch, basket, cup, bed, vase, plate and radio.

​Proper Nouns

​Proper nouns are special names for a particular person, place, thing, day and month etc. A proper noun always begins with a capital letter.

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1. ​People - Mr.Lee, Mrs.Lee, Jason and Ms.Jennifer.

2. ​Place - Bangkok, Singapore, Cameron Highlands and Mount Kinabalu.

3. ​Thing - Milo, Proton Saga, Jalur Gemilang, Dettol and Colgate.

4. ​Days - Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

5. ​Month - January, February, May, June and July.

​Abstract Nouns

​Abstract nouns refer to feelings, thoughts, ideas, qualities and other things that we cannot see, touch or feel.

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• ​anger

• ​darkness

• ​pain

• ​marriage

• ​beauty

• ​joy

​Collective Nouns

​Collective nouns are special names for group of people, animals and things.

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• ​People - an army of soldiers, a crowd of people and a crew of sailors.

• ​Things - a bale of cotton, a flight of stairs and a string of beads.

• ​Fruit and Vegetables - a bunch of grapes, a comb of bananas and a crate of fruit.

• ​Animals - a litter of pups, a flock of sheep and a shoal of fish.